In announcing this year’s paving list, Ryan said the city will partner with CYVL, a company that has software that creates a three-dimensional digital map of all city roads and sidewalks, with the power to show the depth of an individual pothole.
“We’ll be able to make sure we’re putting our efforts on where things are the worst,” Ryan said at a Monday press conference. “Then we’ll be able to proactively see which roads are failing, where sidewalks are unsafe and where we’re falling short on accessibility.”
Deputy Mayor Benjamin Swanekamp said the cost of the services is about $400,000 but will be paid for mostly out of federal grants to help the city fix sidewalk issues that put them out of compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
“In the City of Buffalo, sidewalks are the responsibility of the adjacent property owner,” Swanekamp said. “The data from this will help us send letters to property owners notifying property owners of what they need to do to keep their properties up to code.”
Ryan said that this year’s paving list was compiled with the traditional means of resident feedback, Common Council member input and tracking of problem streets by Department of Public Works employees.
The city is also working to complete streets on last year’s paving list, some of which was delayed by the ongoing dispute between the Mayor’s Office and City Comptroller Barbara Miller-Williams over bonding dating back to former Mayor Christopher Scanlon’s time in office last year.
The full list is available on the city’s website, which includes a map with the status of each project, at buffalony.gov/865/Street-Resurfacing.
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